The UEFA Executive Committee met yesterday morning at the House of European Football in Nyon and decided to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, as of the playoff stage of the competition in August 2019. In addition, it was decided that VAR would also be …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) determination to embrace technological advances for the development of football in Asia has been underlined with the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at some stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE – which is just 100 days away. After approval …
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A few days after the final whistle by the Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana, FIFA looks back extremely satisfied with how the referees performed and how the historical implementation of Video assistant referee (VAR) contributed to the resounding success of refereeing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia. “We said …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the day its about the matchday three of the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group B in which VAR somewhat saved Spain and Portugal from potential elimination.
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The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 13 Referees, who will act solely as Video Assistant Referees (VARs) during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The selection criteria for the VARs was primarily based on their experience as Video Match Officials in their respective National Associations and Confederation competitions, in …
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The video assistant will be officially used at all Bundesliga matches starting from the 2018-19 season. The Bundesliga clubs passed a corresponding resolution with one abstention at the yesterday’s meeting of the members of DFL e.V. in Frankfurt/Main. The costs will be split among the 18 clubs on a pro …
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The FIFA Council held its first meeting of the year yesterday in Bogotá, Colombia, where it discussed a number of milestone initiatives related to the future of international football competitions. FIFA’s supervisory and strategic body approved the adoption of the most recent changes to the Laws of the Game at …
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The International Football Association Board (The IFAB) unanimously approved the use of video assistant referees (VARs) at its 132nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) that took place at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich today, March 3. This landmark meeting, chaired by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, represents a new era for football with …
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The 14th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup kicks off on Wednesday, December 6 in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used at the final FIFA tournament of 2017, in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, to support referees when a clear …
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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used for the first time in FC Bayern München’s penalty-shootout Supercup win over Borussia Dortmund, but the new technology’s debut in the competition was not all plain sailing. “The calibrated line, which is usually there to help with offside decisions, wasn’t available in the …
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